Immigration has been a topic of debate since the very
founding of our country. Under the Trump administration does make it any
different, nor is it the beginning of the US’s issues regarding immigration.
However, under the current administration we have seen one of the lowest overall
immigration rates ever. In 2018, the Trump administration began their big immigration
law movement by declaring they could prosecute all immigrants crossing the
border unlawfully. Even going as far as separating children and newborns from
their parents. It was seen that families were being separated at alarming high
rates, which displayed a severe crackdown on immigration law.
It is shown again here in recent times, the disdain for
immigrants as we are faced with the recently proposed amendments to Department
of Homeland Security’s Title 8 of the Code of Federal Regulations. These new amendments
would make it even harder for international students to study abroad. The
current amendments would grant the student the time of their program plus 30 days
but would only grant two to four-year visas. The additional thirty days has
been reduced from sixty days of grace period. On top if this there would be
fewer students being granted the ability to even come over. The overall
admission acceptance rates for international students would be decreased as a
result.
International students are a much-needed asset to any
university or place of study. Everyone benefits when there are cultural exchanges
taking place that are to improve our relations and overall knowledge. By having
even more hoops, so to speak, for these students to be forced to go through we
are wasting time and resources that should be kept and put towards the very
people we need to come together for. We learn and grow through other individuals
and this will no longer exist if there is continued persecution of our
international student body.
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